one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
high priest; virtuous monk; holy man; reverend; venerable
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
East Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
boy; son; baby boy; young man
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)